Powder-box



' A. L. ASTE.

POWDER BOX. APPLICATHJN HLED MAY 10. 1919.

1 ,85'7,306, I Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

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ATTORNEY UNITED STATES ANTHONY L. ASTE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

POWDER-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

Application filed May 10, 1919. Serial No. 296,203.

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Be it known that I, ANTHONY L. Asrn, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPowder-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to powder boxes and has for its primary objectto provide improved means for assembling in compact relation with thebody of the box, a holder for a pad, cloth or other applicator.

' More particularly, the present invention contemplates the provision ofa box or receptacle such as is commonly used for talcum powders, thebody of the box having a false bottom wall provided with a centralupwardly projecting portion affording a recess, and a detachable bottomsection for the box, frictionally held in assembled relation therewithand adapted to contain the pad or other applicator member which projectsfrom the open side of the bottom section and into said recess.

It is a further general object of my inven tion to provide a powder boxor container having a detachable bottom section which is of suchconstruction that the invention may be readily applied to boxes orcontainers of various shapes and without greatly increasing themanufacturing cost thereof.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in theimproved combination, arrangement and construction of the several parts,as will be hereinafter more fully described, subsequently claimed andillustrated in the accompanying drawing in which similar referencecharacters designate correspondin parts throughout the several views andw ierein Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly broken away, of a talcumpowder box constructed in accordance with one embodiment of myinvention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section through the base portion of thebox;

Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of the base section detached fromthe body of the box;

Fig. i is an elevation, partly in section, illustrating a slightlymodified construction of the invention and showing the same as appliedto another form of box; and

Fig. 5 is a detail fragmentary vertical secvide the talcum powder boxwith improved 7 means whereby the polishing cloth or pad may becompactly arranged and carried by the box or container, so that it willnot be likely to be misplaced and lost.

In Fig. l of the drawing I have illustrated a talcum powder box having abody 5, whichmay be either of elliptical or circular form in crosssection. This body is provided at its upper end with the usualperforated cap 6 and a shiftable disk for opening and closing theperforations in said cap. The wall of the body 5 at its lower end isforced inwardly and upwardly by means of a suitable die whereby acircumferential head 7 is formed and an annular inwardly extendinglongitudinal portion 8 in close contact with the body wall of the box. 9designates the false bottom wall which is thus formed within the lowerend of the box body, and the central portion of this wall is upwardlyprojected as at 10, to thereby produce an exterior recess 11 in saidfalse bottom wall. The detachable base section 12 of the box is reducedin diameter at one of its ends to provide the longitudinally extendingflange 13, which is adapted for tight frictional engagement against theinner face of the inturned portion 8 of the body wall of the box. Theannular section of the false bottom wall 9, which connects the portion 8with the upwardly projected portion 10 affords a stop shoulder withwhich the end of the flange 1-3 is adapted to contact. Within thedetachable bottom section 12 of the box a pad or cloth indicated at 1 isadapted to be arranged. A portion of this cloth projects beyond the openend of the bottom section 12 and is received within the recess 11 of thebox bottom. By providing this recess, it is possible to employ arelatively shallow bottom section 12.

In the use of the device, the powder is shaken from the box through theperforathat to which I have above referred.

In Fig. 4 of the drawing I have disclosed a slightly modifiedconstruction of the box wherein the false bottom wall 9 is stamped froma separate piece of metal and the lower edge of the body wall of the boxis securely clenched and held within the outwardly turned bead 7 on thelower edge of said bottom wall. In all other respects, the constructionis identical with that which I have above described. I have, however,shown this modified construction as adapted to a relatively shallowcylindrical box 5, such as is usually employed as a container for toiletpowders. In such case, the detachable box bottom mightbe provided with apad of chamois or cotton permanently fixed therein, though it is to beunderstood that in connection with this type of box I might also use theremovable cloth or other applicator member. From the foregoingdescription considered in connection with the accompanying drawing, theconstruction of my improved powder box, and its several advantages inpractical use, will be clearly and fully understood. The bottom sectionof the box may be easily and quickly applied and is securely held inconnection with the body section by the tight frictional engagement ofthe flange 13 with the wall 8. The cloth 14, which is housed within thisbody section, is thus very compactly held and retained by the assembledsections of the box, so that it will not be misplaced or lost, and isalways ready for instant use. The two sheet metal sections of the boxcan be readily formed or stamped by means of suitable dies in anexpeditious and inexpensive manner, so that the box may be employed as acontainer for outwardly and together with theedge of the body wall ofthe can formed into the bead 7 The detachable base section 12 isrelatively deep and the flange 13 thereof which frictionally engageswithin the part 8 preferably is relatively short and does not contactwith the bottom wall 10. -By this construction, the device is somewhatsimplified and a chamber of considerable capacity afforded for thereception of the cloth or pad.

While I have herein shown and described several practical forms of myinvention, it is nevertheless apparent that the device may also beexemplified in various other alternative constructions, and Iaccordingly reserve the privilege of adopting all suchlegitimate changesas may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope of the inventionas claimed.

I claim- 7 A powder box comprising a box body having a false bottomoffset inwardly and in stepped relation relatively to the plane of thelower edge of the box body, the said bottom being stepped from wall towall of the box body and the lower portion of said bot tom being equalsubstantially to the diameter of the box body, and a powder puff holderof substantially the same diameter as the box body and provided with anupper reduced portion adapted to frictionally engage in said steppedbottom, said powder puff holder providing a true bottom for the box bodyupon which the latter is adapted to rest.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname hereunder.

ANTHONY L. ASTE.

